Global Patent Index - EP 1143679 B1

EP 1143679 B1 20180509 - A CONVERSATIONAL PORTAL FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATIONAL BROWSING AND MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST ON DEMAND

Title (en)

A CONVERSATIONAL PORTAL FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATIONAL BROWSING AND MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST ON DEMAND

Title (de)

INTERAKTIVES ZUGANGSPORTAL ZUM LIEFERN VON INTERAKTIVEM BROWSEN UND AUF-WUNSCH-MEHRFACHAUSSENDUNG

Title (fr)

PORTAIL INTERACTIF DE FOURNITURE D'ACCÈS INTERACTIF À L'INTERNET ET DIFFUSION DE MULTIMÉDIA À LA DEMANDE

Publication

EP 1143679 B1 20180509 (EN)

Application

EP 01000062 A 20010321

Priority

US 54507800 A 20000407

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1143679A2] A system and method for providing conversational (multi-modal) access to information over a communications network from any location, at any time, utilizing any type of client/access, through a conversational (multi-modal) portal. In one aspect, a conversational portal comprises a conversational (multi-modal) browser that is capable of conducting multi-modal dialog with client/access devices having varying input/output (I/O) modalities. The conversational browser retrieves information (such as content pages, applications) from an information source (for example, content server) in response to a request from a requesting client/access device and then serves the retrieved information to the requesting client/access device in a format that is compatible with the I/O modalities of the requesting client/access device. In another aspect, the conversational portal provides multimedia access on demand. The conversational portal comprises an audio indexing system for segmenting and indexing audio and multimedia data obtained from an information source, as well as a multi-media database for storing the indexed audio and multi-media data. A subscribing user can compose and maintain a broadcast program wherein the user specifies which types, and in what order, different segments (news, radio, etc.) stored in the database are played back/broadcasted to the user. <IMAGE>

IPC 8 full level

G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 16/9577 (2018.12 - EP US); H04L 67/01 (2022.05 - US); H04L 67/02 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01 - EP); H04M 3/4938 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1143679 A2 20011010; EP 1143679 A3 20041027; EP 1143679 B1 20180509; EP 2273754 A2 20110112; EP 2273754 A3 20110413; JP 2002049559 A 20020215; JP 4237951 B2 20090311; US 7415537 B1 20080819

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01000062 A 20010321; EP 10184767 A 20010321; JP 2001104790 A 20010403; US 54507800 A 20000407